Fruits vary and so does shoes. No one hates shoes just as no one hates fruits, carrots are some of the fruits synonymous with Christmas.
Christmas season attracts children to make snowman and carrots are used for its wonderful gigantic nose. The carrot add colour to the bland white snowman and gives him life in it's simple form.
Carrots are multi-talented, it is a fruit as well as it is a vegetable. It is food to humans; vegetarian or not. It is a snack both for humans and animals.
Shoe's, oh dear shoes. They come in different forms, shapes, styles, materials and sizes. From time immemorial shoes have always provided comfort to the feet and they have continued to till this day.
I think the stilt and carrots in addition to the gifts wrapped below is a connotation of both shoes and carrots being ideal gift items especially in these festive times, or any time at all.